Bahamas acts to improve e-offshore status

The Bahamas has passed three bills through Parliament which could improve the nation's status as an offshore domicile. The Electronic Communications and Transactions Bill, the Computer Misuse Bill and the Data Protection (Privacy of Personal Data) Bill will come into law by the end of April after they have been rubber stamped by the Governor General. The Electronic Communications and Transactions Bill addresses circumstances where the law or statute calls for an agreement to be in writing and signed in original form by allowing the writing, signature, original and copies to be gener...